Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-03-02

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Tk0oxA, Maruh Lit hes paased- Tie
great S<iosef aneltss II = memory. Mr..
<si0vsK tbia morning tsok his little hand
sstshsi sad boarded The train for Port
lard snd merged rapidly into the blss
hszs Of 6iatanas, probably neseF more
% appe&E ~ o substantial fnctar In the
plain mater of-faet surroundings Fer
3 long time thsrs has beea str9nR
symptoms poiMtinG up 10 this eilmsx Z,
and tie eiimax has been FDunfe1 Gu.
Mr.. SeioveF wilI bald no smelter IN Ia
esua he same out Of the tHdsnnite
East 10 the dead of winter aud gathered
A number Of Tacoma representative
efz.ns about him, Gensrsi spytRue.
O. r. Maetsrs0n, ". d. Tyler, J. ". An
serson. and sthsrs, aud % these be said
be represented large mining campany
Of the CoasF D'AleDss; that untold
wealth % ores awaited reduction; th4t
be wuaid bald q amsiteF here ~ sun
sisnf iaa1ceBenfs we're offered; tnat
seattle, Spokane Falls and Portland
had made him fsbal0us Offers. bot
that be loved Tacoma for itsslf.
The citizens responded With the oder
ef 4 site 90 tie tide dsts and, after .
Ionz eoarse Of Soaring. they also offer
ID $1,000 ~ a bonus. Contracts we're
drawn and signed to that eject, char
tiers we're ssoured and several Of the
gentlemen named we're made ofaosrs.
Then the question arose ~ 30 rates over
toe Northern Paoifc 10 Tee0ms. and %
mnca trouble was threatened that Il vas
hinssd that the smelteE vas mo 20"
Tne friends Of the pFoisct protested
against the publicati0n Of such ideas;
that Il w0uId be nxed 40 and all thai
sort Of thing and SsioveF vent east 20
3 cure a plant. A telegram arrived
from Mr. OAkea soon after saying that
railroad rates would be satisfactory;
bat SoloveR taRFied and taFried ustil
everybody got nervoae again. His der
aEtars from Ohieago and s.. Paal and
bic arrival 10 Portland and nnal-
~ 10 Tacoma . week ago Was
heralded In sueh q manner as must have
made him smile. Every boar since
then the yeaFninG aaxs OF all Tacoma
has been steadily turned toward those
tide fats for the AFst faint movameRt
of ths smeiteF. IL only Fatned dreaEily,
and the tide came and vent svery day.
TIE snelteF did net show its head.
While the outside public wsre breathing
heavily under this painful suspense,
seloveF vas saying TO the stockholders
thai his Chicago partners bad nnnksd.
and suggested that the citizens here
take the stock that had bosn rejsoted 10
The East. This proposition vas NOS
INST with any considerable enthusiasm.
Then be suggested that the concern
be stocked for $4,000 snd that the
stockholders be required 10 pay but
thirty per cent. The stockholders
drew from this that Seloyer wanted
them to present him with $4,000 and
some tide hAt and then build gmelteT
for him. The fact il seiover did not
have the money 10 carry out his part Of
the contract. Many people have sus-
pected this from the first. He has never
shown any command Of msney and,
farther, people say be did not exhibit
any familiarity with the business in
hand. Sc be left for Portland this morn,
log, taking about ell the baggage be
brouQht with him. Some of these 10.
terested In the scheme express q deter
mination TO carry 10 out themselves.